What is best SEO for a wordpress site

9 years ago

Install one of the free popular plugins. If you want a Definite Answer (tm), Rand from Moz dropped the name of Yoast SEO in his WAMA. Just kidding, All in One SEO is just as good.

Find your voice and audience. Sorry, I can't help with that. I have no idea who you are, what kind of content you can write, and wether anyone wants to read your texts.

There's not enough info to give any concrete SEO advice, but if you want to take the kind of "organic" route it's probable that SEO isn't going to make you big. You need to find your audience, traffic, and good backlinks somewhere. Promote the content by any means that help you to reach your goals and that are available to you.

No fancy stuff.

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alvinchua91

9 years ago

All in one seo pack is a good wordpress plugin.

From the sounds of it, you do not even have your website optimized (correct me if i'm wrong). So what you want to focus on is to find relevant keywords to your website using Google keyword tool and search them on Google.com.(your relevant country) to find out the amount of competition and tweak according to that and find high search keywords and relatively moderate competition wherever possible.

But as nettiapina has mentioned, without much information given by you, there's only so much we can help you with.

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Banned 9 years ago

Here we go again for the millionth time with Wordpress SEO plugins.

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mushmush 9 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Here we go again for the millionth time with Wordpress SEO plugins.

I know what you mean, but I am not really repeating the same question. I am looking for a good paid SEO service that will help my site grow and get visitors.
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DABK 9 years ago

You're knocking it, but I'm seeing an opportunity here, I'm going to be a gazzilionnaire, I'm going to invent a wordpress plugin that learns onpage optimization, offpage optimization, thinks clearly enough to figure out what keywords buyers in a given niche use, send email to webmasters and follow up with phone calls.

When it's done with SEO, it will rub your back and give you a bath too.

All you have to do is install it and enter how much money you want to make day and it will go make you that exact amount day in and day out.

All of that for a measly $997 (but can be yours for just $47 if you act in the next 5 seconds; no upsells, cross my heart.)

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Here we go again for the millionth time with Wordpress SEO plugins.
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- moimeme 9 years ago
  
  you can check this post Best SEO practices 2015 for WP
  
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mushmush

9 years ago

Since I am learning Internet Marketing , I decided to make a site and write an article on everything I learn and become good at and offer help and advice to other.
For example, anyone who doesn't know how to go step by step in making his own website, I write step by step guide on that . Few other things like making PPC campaigns , ways I use to make money online ...etc. Every time I learn something and feel I am good at it , I will make an article on it in an explanatory way.
How will I monetize the site ?
I am planning to add an email collecting plugin , collect emails of visitors and grow my list.
it is a simple idea and I am not in a hurry to make the site big. It will be really helpful for newbies who spend so much time on forums trying to figure out basic information. I am collecting these information that I already learnt in an easy way to help them understand in shorter time.

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skoomar

9 years ago

Originally Posted by mushmush

Since I am learning Internet Marketing , I decided to make a site and write an article on everything I learn and become good at and offer help and advice to other.
For example, anyone who doesn't know how to go step by step in making his own website, I write step by step guide on that . Few other things like making PPC campaigns , ways I use to make money online ...etc. Every time I learn something and feel I am good at it , I will make an article on it in an explanatory way.
How will I monetize the site ?
I am planning to add an email collecting plugin , collect emails of visitors and grow my list.
it is a simple idea and I am not in a hurry to make the site big. It will be really helpful for newbies who spend so much time on forums trying to figure out basic information. I am collecting these information that I already learnt in an easy way to help them understand in shorter time.

How are you learning internet marketing. i mean what are the resource you got.

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mushmush 9 years ago

Originally Posted by skoomar

How are you learning internet marketing. i mean what are the resource you got.

The forum here is one of these resources and other forums.
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WilliamWaltz

9 years ago

Well SEO in it self is very creative and it is having a similar task that we normally do for any other sites, therefore, if you are using WP site and wants to make it SEO friendly, then just install All in one SEO plugins and fill out all it's required field.

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nettiapina

9 years ago

Originally Posted by WilliamWaltz

Well SEO in it self is very creative and it is having a similar task that we normally do for any other sites, therefore, if you are using WP site and wants to make it SEO friendly, then just install All in one SEO plugins and fill out all it's required field.

Great, you've installed a plugin! You've now added about a ten lines of HTML code that your template probably already had.

Boy, this SEO stuff sure is easy!

Or as Yukon said, here we go again. If WP mentioned even in passing the thread degenerates to one-line posts about plugins. If you think they're going to make or break your visibility, you're clueless.

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9 years ago

WP Plugins - Yoast SEO

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mushmush 9 years ago

Originally Posted by InitialEffort

WP Plugins - Yoast SEO

I think there is a free version and paid version.

What is the difference between them ?
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- nettiapina 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by mushmush
  
  I think there is a free version and paid version.
  
  If you don't know, go with the free one.
  
  It's got integration with Google Webmaster Tools. Haven't tried it, but sounds like a potential lifesaver if you're the guy who needs to salvage a huge botched migration or something like that. However, an average site should not have dozens or hundreds of broken links at once.
  
  The Video SEO and Local SEO addons are way more interesting than SEO Premium. I have the first one (on a site with dozens of embedded Vimeo clips), and it's just brilliant.
  
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  fernando25 9 years ago
  
  The best alternative in my eyes would be a SEO prepped custom designed site, if need be with some CMS shopping addon.
  
  What many users of CMS like here wordpress should know that there are 10 million + (and counting) other wordpress sites out there with exactly the same structure you have and using most likely exactly the same "SEO" plugins wordpress offers.
  
  Any system aimed for easiness in site management, there millions of people trying to get a higher ranking in search engines, most with no know how about sites nor servers. All asking for SEO pluggins. They simply forget that over the easiness on site management gained you give away ranking due to the rigid structure CMS has to have.
  
  All CMS combined have well over 100 million user, all share a similar rigid structure, with little room for modification.
  
  Unfortunately SEO is not just having your meta tags configured right or a domain name being more static. In SEO you need to follow almost 100 guidelines. Starting with finding the right search term before developing a site.
  
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  nettiapina 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by fernando25
  
  All CMS combined have well over 100 million user, all share a similar rigid structure, with little room for modification.
  
  What the heck are you talking about? CMSes don't force you much unless 1) it's a crappy CMS or 2) you don't know what you're doing. WordPress sites are only superficially similar. If you don't use the default template the changes are that there aren't that many sites that are almost identical to yours.
  
  For example, all the premium theme's I've used have completely different approach to HTML structures. And I'm not saying the brain dead ones that try to reinvent the wheel badly, but those I've been successful with. For example, one of them uses extensive placeholders and markup, and other one doesn't have enough markup in my opinion.
  
  The reason all websites look pretty much the same has way more to do with usability. There's not that many good ways to organize a website.
  
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federal06

9 years ago

I Use and Recomend (Squirly) is a great Content Marketing plugin, that can help you with your SEO (Free or Paid), is also recomend by BY NEIL PATEL, FOUNDER OF KISSMETRICS AND CRAZYEGG, you can use it with Yoast SEO

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nettiapina 9 years ago

Originally Posted by federal06

I Use and Recomend (Squirly) is a great seo plugin (Free or Paid), is also recomend by BY NEIL PATEL

If the plugin ads around 10 lines of HTML you're golden. If it helps you with keywords research even better.

Please note that my comment about Rand was tongue-in-cheek. You don't need to one-up Yoast SEO. Just see what works for you.
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fernando25

9 years ago

Well most people haven't got a clue about site development and use the CMS template they like best. Most of them would also use the free versions that is what I tend to believe.

You can modify CMS but only to a certain extend.

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nettiapina

9 years ago

Originally Posted by fernando25

Well most people haven't got a clue about site development and use the CMS template they like best. Most of them would also use the free versions that is what I tend to believe.

You can modify CMS but only to a certain extend.

If you're thinking of modifying a CMS you're doing it completely wrong. If your CMS doesn't support your site, you either overgrew the initial spec or chose the wrong CMS to begin with.

Content Management System is a tool to input content, and to control site settings. Usually the site structure comes from a template of some sort. There's about a crap ton of different themes for this particular popular CMS.

I know that some coders have the NIH attitude (Not Invented Here). I can sort of respect that. But when you spin it too much to this direction you go straight to non-coherence. The people you criticize are more likely than you to use industry best practices, to avoid common silly errors, and to avoid re-inventing the wheel.

I'm not sure if you're clueless about web programming, or if you're just trying to defend a really bad argument.

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yep so can 10 million other Yoast Wordpress pluggin users. Then only content decides who ranks higher.

So you're saying that you've invented a new and improved way of writing title and meta keyword tags? Lets hear it!

If you really build your own sites you already know that this stuff is the same wether or not you're using a plugin. It's just a few lines. Most decent WP themes do it on their own. Also, it'd make no sense for Google to punish anyone for using a popular CMS or plugin.

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fernando25

9 years ago

Originally Posted by nettiapina

Also, it'd make no sense for Google to punish anyone for using a popular CMS or plugin.

I don't think that Google punishes CMS at all. It is just a number game.

with 10 million + of wordpress users they are bound to use a template which has been used a thousand times give or take. All users can use the same plugins. You need a lot of ingredients to raise above that.

CMS users are over 100 Million and raising, hosters are now pushing site constructors to their clients as THE new invention. So there are a few million more to come. And because it is so easy to make a nice site now, even for an untrained developer more and more people go for CMS making it even harder to stick out.

There are hundreds of people and companies in freelancer sites looking for help.
Even here you have regular new threads started with the topic The best SEO plugin for X CMS

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9 years ago

Originally Posted by fernando25

I don't think that Google punishes CMS at all. It is just a number game.

with 10 million + of wordpress users they are bound to use a template which has been used a thousand times give or take. All users can use the same plugins. You need a lot of ingredients to raise above that.

CMS users are over 100 Million and raising, hosters are now pushing site constructors to their clients as THE new invention. So there are a few million more to come. And because it is so easy to make a nice site now, even for an untrained developer more and more people go for CMS making it even harder to stick out.

There are hundreds of people and companies in freelancer sites looking for help.
Even here you have regular new threads started with the topic The best SEO plugin for X CMS

That's total wrong, Google doesn't use the HTML/CSS layout per se as a ranking factor.

You can install WordPress and use the default theme with the exact settings as a million other sites and Google will rank your site based on the content and off-site SEO (backlinks).

Don't get me wrong, the HTML output is important SEO wise, but having a unique HTML design or theme look is not an SEO factor. Google is almost blind to design, it looks at overall layout, what content is above the fold, are fonts big enough, are tap targets spaced apart and big enough to easily tap etc... but it doesn't look at the uniqueness of the overall setup.

Run your site through https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/ and you'll see what Google is considering important design wise.

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fernando25 9 years ago

Not according to this article: backlinks-are-king-content-is-worthless/

Not that I agree with it entirely. But neither do I think that Google's guidelines are followed by Google itself.
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nettiapina

9 years ago

Originally Posted by fernando25

I don't think that Google punishes CMS at all. It is just a number game.

with 10 million + of wordpress users they are bound to use a template which has been used a thousand times give or take. All users can use the same plugins. You need a lot of ingredients to raise above that.

Again, that's doesn't mean a thing. Wether or not they're using the same template is meaningless, but even if it wasn't, it's not the case!

Repeating this silly "argument" it doesn't make it any better, nor does adding vague phrases like "number game" or "ingredients". We're talking about very small changes to a HTML page, not some magical mystical thing.

You've yet to explain what exactly is your new and improved on-page SEO, and how it's better than a WordPress plugin. You've not even explained why exactly would using same code be terrible.

Originally Posted by fernando25

CMS users are over 100 Million and raising, hosters are now pushing site constructors to their clients as THE new invention. So there are a few million more to come. And because it is so easy to make a nice site now, even for an untrained developer more and more people go for CMS making it even harder to stick out.

So your actual problem is the unwashed masses who are invading your precious little corner?

Get used to it. Technology advances, and something as trivial as basic websites is going to get automated. And I'm really happy about this because it democratises publishing and gives voice to the people.

And I'm a web developer first and foremost. I get my livelihood from building websites.

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There are hundreds of people and companies in freelancer sites looking for help.
Even here you have regular new threads started with the topic The best SEO plugin for X CMS

And that's bad/good/ugly because...?

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fernando25

9 years ago

yep so can 10 million other Yoast Wordpress pluggin users. Then only content decides who ranks higher.

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Justin Tyme

9 years ago

Your goal is pretty impressive.

If you haven't already, I would install a nice SEO friendly wordpress theme and install Yoast SEO.

Then do proper keyword research. If you are wanting to achieve 200-500 daily visitors the easiest way to do that is through 50 good keyword posts. This way each page only needs to receive 10 visitors to hit your 500 visitors a day goal.

Once you create your good keyword posts, start building some good high quality contextual links to both your homepage and your inner pages equally. You'll be ranking for some pretty awesome keyword variations and have 500 daily visitors in not time!

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mushmush

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Justin Tyme

Your goal is pretty impressive.

If you haven't already, I would install a nice SEO friendly wordpress theme and install Yoast SEO.

Then do proper keyword research. If you are wanting to achieve 200-500 daily visitors the easiest way to do that is through 50 good keyword posts. This way each page only needs to receive 10 visitors to hit your 500 visitors a day goal.

Once you create your good keyword posts, start building some good high quality contextual links to both your homepage and your inner pages equally. You'll be ranking for some pretty awesome keyword variations and have 500 daily visitors in not time!

What are the SEO friendly themes ?
IS there a list ?

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fernando25

9 years ago

Just use "SEO friendly Wordpress templates" in Google or any other searchengine and you get bundles of offers.

And here: at Wordpress' support site you read more about it.

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SEO-Dave

9 years ago

Originally Posted by fernando25

Just use "SEO friendly Wordpress templates" in Google or any other searchengine and you get bundles of offers.

And here: at Wordpress' support site you read more about it.

LOL I posted in the above WordPress support thread 8 years ago :-)

The concept of SEO friendly WordPress theme is a bit out dated today.

Used to be a case themes where SEO unfriendly with fixed sitewide title tags, no meta descriptions etc... then we had the SEO plugins which fixed some of the basic SEO issues followed by themes adopting better thought out basic SEO.

So today most themes are SEO friendly, but doesn't make them SEO themes, most themes have poorly thought out anchor text usage, don't do anything about the damaging nofollow links (WordPress adds quite a lot of nofollow links) and have no silo SEO features.

WordPress SEO today tends to revolves around title tag manipulation, some basic keyword density type measurements and trying to manipulate link flow with nofollow/noindex (latter two are SEO damaging).

Few themes/plugins add actual SEO features, best SEO plugin for example is W3 Total Cache (highly recommended), this can have a major impact on performance which is becoming more important SEO wise. The two main SEO plugins Yoast and All In One add SEO fluff: basic title tag manipulation (useful) and social media features which have no direct SEO value.

Theme wise there's only one real SEO theme and it's the one I develop, Stallion Responsive. That confident it's the best I've had an offer of $5,000 to any theme/plugin developer which can build a WordPress site using any theme/plugins/code which matches all Stallion's SEO features plus one more.

Anyway, if you don't plan to use my theme there's not a lot of difference in the rest, the default TwentyFifteen theme is just as good as any of the others.

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nettiapina

9 years ago

Originally Posted by SEO-Dave

So today most themes are SEO friendly, but doesn't make them SEO themes, most themes have poorly thought out anchor text usage, don't do anything about the damaging nofollow links (WordPress adds quite a lot of nofollow links) and have no silo SEO features.

A SEO I worked with in the past once corrected me. Sites are never "search engine optimized" by themselves, they can merely be "search engine friendly". I think that's a good distinction.

The theme you mention seems pretty interesting. I knew the name, but haven't tried it.

However, this kind of on-page optimization practically never comes up. If my client's SEO company isn't asking for a specific theme I can pretty much choose freely. I guess most SEOs don't see that as worthwhile.

Which nofollow links are you talking about? For example, my current theme only seems to ad the obvious ones.

Then again, I've been pretty careful when choosing the themes that I use. Many theme coders are not exactly coders, or web coders, or know enough about WordPress.

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9 years ago

Originally Posted by nettiapina

A SEO I worked with in the past once corrected me. Sites are never "search engine optimized" by themselves, they can merely be "search engine friendly". I think that's a good distinction.

The theme you mention seems pretty interesting. I knew the name, but haven't tried it.

However, this kind of on-page optimization practically never comes up. If my client's SEO company isn't asking for a specific theme I can pretty much choose freely. I guess most SEOs don't see that as worthwhile.

Which nofollow links are you talking about? For example, my current theme only seems to ad the obvious ones.

Then again, I've been pretty careful when choosing the themes that I use. Many theme coders are not exactly coders, or web coders, or know enough about WordPress.

Sites certainly can be search engine optimized.

From simple things like internal link structure (silo SEO for example) to well thought out SEO'd HTML markup that pushes the important content high in the code (with my code it's main content is high in the code, widgets etc... low in the code), onsite SEO is important.

Here's a relatively straight forward example.

Most SEO's will agree off-site SEO is more important than on-site, so the backlinks we build are the most important factor in ranking to a point where search engine unfriendly, completely unoptimized content ranks high. Add enough links to almost anything (within reason) = Google rankings.

No WordPress theme/plugin(s) will generate quality backlinks, you want quality backlinks it's hard work.

So yes you can get decent rankings with any WordPress theme and not understanding much about SEO. But the link juice we build is really important and needs to be protected, I assume you don't want to waste your hard earned off-site efforts?

With most WordPress sites they leak a lot of unnecessary links to webpages that don't need your hard earned link juice. Examples are linking to a Twitter page, Facebook, YouTube etc... sitewide, adding nofollow links (nofollow deletes link juice, so you should work to remove them all) to comment links, linking to WordPress login pages, having no control over what links to what internally.

The theme I develop minimizes these types of links in multiple ways from using iFrames to hold social media profile links to converting nofollow links to javascript links which Google sees as plain text. Can also disable almost every type of internal link on a page by page basis or sitewide: example, most themes will have continue reading links to posts from archives, how many can disable those links with a click of the mouse?

Means when I build a site there are pretty much no links I don't want. All nofollow links are converted to javascript links or removed: if I allow commenters to add an author link it's added as a form button that's styled to look/act like a text links, means commenters can add links, but since Google doesn't pass link juice through forms there's no SEO cost.

Been working on SEO themes for about 10 years, can achieve a lot in a decade working on one theme at a time. I've used dozens of techniques to SEO improve WordPress, comments for example generate their own webpages with optimized title tags and internal links potentially adding thousands of extra indexed pages to highly commented sites.

Built an advanced SEO widget which can generate silo'd links to recent posts, popular posts (11 different outputs). Look at the Popular Articles widget at SEO Tutorial (that's a WordPress Post) the links are only taken from the categories that post is in. Go to another post in another category and you'll find the links from that widget change to match the categories the post is in. This is achieved with one widget with a single silo SEO setting (30 seconds to setup an entire silo SEO structure based on categories: can also use tags as the selector).

There is a hell of a lot you can do with WordPress SEO wise, in comparison the SEO plugins like Yoast and All In One are a joke adding fluff SEO: they don't include performance SEO features for example, I've added image lazy loading without using Jquery (that's not easy), Gravatars are cached locally, all widgets can be completely disabled wasting no resources loading them and even decreased wasteful database queries related to default WordPress widgets you haven't used**

** Even if you don't use Stallion Responsive, go activate it on your site and turn it off and you'll find after your site with any theme uses less database queries (10+ less for some setups). Some of the default WordPress widgets have a fault, when the widgets haven't been added to a widget area WordPress has to search for database entries outside the main WordPress query (all the options held in the main WordPress options table). When Stallion is activated it adds some blank options for those default widgets if options currently don't exists, so WordPress won't have to search for those entries outside the main database query saving unnecessary queries.

I get obsessed with small SEO improvements and have added them all to one theme.

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nettiapina

9 years ago

SEO-Dave, thanks for the long reply.

I'm a site builder myself, and quite often get commissioned to do the actual changes that a SEO company wants on a site. Usually this stuff doesn't come up in the first set of instructions that the agency is proposing. Maybe it's more advanced, or maybe it's just not the first priority. Perhaps both.

Silo structures are something that very rarely come up outside forum discussions, and that I've not seen once on those todo lists. Maybe it's seen as too big of a change to implement? Often ad agency or secretary came up with the site structure, and it's not too uncommon to not ask the SEOs before starting to built the site. The basic idea behind this technique makes sense.

Content high in the code is a thing I know about, but have pretty much given up on it. Loading social media links with Javascript/iframe is something I've proposed a few times myself (when wearing the SEO hat), but it's often overlooked for some reason.

Something that implements this all this is certainly interesting from my perspective, but it's not the criteria to choose a theme. The theme has to support my efforts. I'm not too particular about the actual coding style (hook driven vs. "WP spaghetti" vs. something else), but structures and coding conventions matter to me.

As you said in a previous post, W3 Total Cache is an important SEO plugin. Not only the caches, but you can cut down requests to external files by combining them, and move the requests in the footer. The plugin helps to minimize the fluff in the site header.

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Sites certainly can be search engine optimized.

Yes, it's part of the process. I guess you get the point he was making, tho.

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9 years ago

Originally Posted by nettiapina

SEO-Dave, thanks for the long reply.

I'm a site builder myself, and quite often get commissioned to do the actual changes that a SEO company wants on a site. Usually this stuff doesn't come up in the first set of instructions that the agency is proposing. Maybe it's more advanced, or maybe it's just not the first priority. Perhaps both.

It's interesting to read what site builders are asked to do from an SEO perspective from SEO agencies, sounds like most of them don't have a clue about onsite SEO.

It's a problem for me trying to sell an SEO theme, most webmasters don't understand SEO particularly well and fall for the all you need is a nice theme and Yoast/All In One SEO. If they understood how little SEO is added by Yoast etc... (and the potential SEO damage using nofollow/noindex) and how much SEO improvements are left on the table using any theme I'd be a multimillionaire just from theme sales :-)

How on Earth do you convince someone who thinks the be all and end all of SEO is title tags and meta tags about the SEO damage of using nofollow/noindex and how improving performance matters and all those flashy Jquery features they want are going to impact performance. We've known since 2009 nofollow deletes link juice, yet 6 years on the popular SEO plugins still use nofollow!!!

Have you looked at the Yoast domain PageSpeed Insights Scores? They are dire: https://developers.google.com/speed/...-on-sliders%2F

27/100 on mobile and the "Reduce server response time" warning!!!

I'd be really interested in your feedback on what would persuade someone like you to use an SEO theme like Stallion Responsive for client sites?

If you haven't tested Stallion the zip files on my site (see sig) are the full product, to fully activate requires a license, but all features are available in demo mode (the theme options reset to default every ~500 pageviews in demo mode).

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nettiapina

9 years ago

Originally Posted by SEO-Dave

27/100 on mobile and the "Reduce server response time" warning!!!

65/100 when I tried to click the link. The score you got would be abnormally low for even a generic unoptimized business site, but this hasn't got that much to do with Yoast SEO the plugin working or not.

Originally Posted by SEO-Dave

I'd be really interested in your feedback on what would persuade someone like you to use an SEO theme like Stallion Responsive for client sites?

I've seen your site couple of years ago at least, but I've got no idea where I saw the link. Might've been on WF. I've always found the "IM template" sort of off-putting, and I guess most "WordPress companies" don't use that kind of approach, but that's not a deal breaker.

I've got to look into it, and see what it does differently. Then I'd need to evaluate it in some manner. As I said I'm not too fussy about programming techniques, and as long as the coding conventions are not brain-dead, theme follows the standard naming conventions, and the theme follows the child theme structure I'm golden. The most important criteria is supporting my job, and tackling the basic stuff that theme should manage. On the other hand I absolutely loathe systems that make weird assumptions, generate useless blocks, go all "enterprise portal" or "single purpose app" on you, or something like that.

If you visit the generic marketplaces like Envato (ThemeForest) finding this crap in a WordPress theme is quite common. I don't use those myself, but on occasion I've promised to finnish or tweak a site someone else has started.

Continuity is an important factor because I'm mostly building business sites. You seem to have a solid track record on this front. This is another nail in the coffin for those guys at marketplaces, because I can't trust some random dude at some random site. This is also the reason my theme selections have been rather conservative. For example, StudioPress' Genesis was my choice for a long time.

Localizations are somewhat important because I'm not from the English-speaking parts of the world. Themes don't usually ship with that much text, so it's not on the same level as the other considerations.

Your license policy is a bit restrictive for my taste and for the way I'm structuring my offers, but of course it's the client who pays for the license.

I have no idea wether I'm your generic WordPress guy, or if I'm somewhat ahead of the curve by even thinking about this stuff. I've seen several horribly built WP sites from big-name advertising agencies, and I've seen world-class work from a company of three.

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If you haven't tested Stallion the zip files on my site (see sig) are the full product, to fully activate requires a license, but all features are available in demo mode (the theme options reset to default every ~500 pageviews in demo mode).

Thanks, I'll add this to the todo list!

Three of my upcoming builds are either partly for SEO purposes, or for a company that sees SEO as extremely important (a dentist in a competitive environment). Perfect timing.

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Slade556

9 years ago

Actually, using free SEO plugins is not a bad idea. Don't underestimate them until you try them!
As for your goal of 200-500 visitors per day, that's not even that difficult to achieve, as long as your website offers your visitors something of value!

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rmacklyn

9 years ago

AllinOne and Yoast is what I prefer using for the wordpress website.

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fernando25

9 years ago

I thought I recognize the SEO guru once I read through the old thread but it's always nice to see humor has not totally died out.

I think that many people concept from SEO is not that useful for what they after. You can build your site around a company's name but many forget you need to put a lot of money into branding so people start looking for that company name.

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johnbert 9 years ago

@mushmush,

At this time yoast is best SEO plugin for wordpress. i am still using this.... this is best plugin for me
Also, do check this link
https://yoast.com/articles/wordpress-seo/
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gokulmaba

9 years ago

I used to use this : WP Plugins - Yoast SEO
It show you how to SEO each steps, very clearly and easy to use for such a newbie

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nizamkhan

9 years ago

You can refer to this thread;

http://www.warriorforum.com/search-e...press-seo.html

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Xochitl Shat

9 years ago

Here are great plugins – most of which are available for you:
* FV Simpler SEO Pack
* WordPress SEO by Yoast
* Google XML and so on. May it helps you some.

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lovethegreen906

9 years ago

I am using SEO Yoast seo Plugin from last 6 years because it easy to use and help to optimize On page Seo very well.

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kazim

9 years ago

I suggest you to use these plugins for your Wordpress site SEO "Wordpress SEO by Yoast" and "all in one seo pack". You can also try with unique and high quality content. Creating backlinks on high pr sites is also helpful for SEO.

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mushmush

9 years ago

Originally Posted by kazim

I suggest you to use these plugins for your Wordpress site SEO "Wordpress SEO by Yoast" and "all in one seo pack". You can also try with unique and high quality content. Creating backlinks on high pr sites is also helpful for SEO.

Can use all of them at one time ?

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nettiapina 9 years ago

Originally Posted by mushmush

Can use all of them at one time ?

At the same time? No, don't do that. It doesn't help, and there might be conflicts between the plugins.

It's probable that one of them would detect the other one and just switch itself off.

Yoast SEO allows you to import the settings of All in One, but I'm not sure if that works the other way around.
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Lalit0

9 years ago

I suggest SEO by yoast. This plugin has every thing that will help you to rank on top of the search engines and this may bring heavy traffic to your website

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9 years ago

Originally Posted by mushmush

Hello,

I am going to have my own website. I already started and is a wordpress site.
What do you suggest for SEO ?
I want to reach 200-500 visitors per day if possible.
What are best wordpress SEO that will enable me reach that target is a very competitive niche?

I am willing to learn any good SEO tactics if there are good guides. I know nothing about indexing sites, ranking them,mete tags...etc and all SEO things.

I am not looking for a free plugin. I am looking for a good plugin with decent price or a good SEO service with reasonable price.

This is why I need advice.

Well that will depend on the content you offer on your target audience.
If you think you are able to deliver quality content then it is also part of your job to let people know that such content exist -- via social media. With regards to plugins, here are some that you might want to consider using: 9 Best WordPress SEO Plugins and Tools That You Should Use

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Hemanth Malli

9 years ago

Hello,
I would suggest Yoast Wordpress SEO plugin.

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mushmush

9 years ago

Will try Yoast and see what happens.

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9 years ago

For best seo add an email collecting plugin , collect emails of visitors and grow your list. it is a simple idea for wordpress .

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Jolly Serath

9 years ago

SEO by Yoast plus All In One both...plugings are good
One you done with SEO, get backlinks for that article...because not only SEO cam visible your site on search engine

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